French Camp, Thornton slaying victims identified

FRENCH CAMP - The San Joaquin County Coroner's Office on Saturday identified two people who were murdered in separate shootings Friday night.

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FRENCH CAMP - The San Joaquin County Coroner's Office on Saturday identified two people who were murdered in separate shootings Friday night.

The woman who was killed inside her home in the 10200 block of South Janet Road in French Camp was 40-year-old Gloria Ann Castro, authorities said. Detectives from the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office arrested Castro's longtime boyfriend, 37-year-old Juan Navarette Valdez, on suspicion of murder hours after the shooting.

The man who died at a Chevron gas station in the 9000 block of West Walnut Grove Road in Thornton was Danilo Sandoval, a 20-year-old Lodi resident, authorities said. There was no new information on a second man who went to the hospital in critical condition as a result of the shooting.